أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّني حَيٌّ كَمَيتٍ

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّني حَيٌّ كَمَيتٍ

أُداري الوَقتَ أَو مَيتٌ كَحَيِّ

أُداري الوَقتَ أَو مَيتٌ كَحَيِّ

Have you not seen that I am alive like one dead,

Do you not see that I am alive like a dead man

humoring time—or dead like one alive?

I pass the time or dead like a living one

أُحاذِرُ عالَمي وَأَخافُ مِنّي

أُحاذِرُ عالَمي وَأَخافُ مِنّي

وَأَلحى الناسَ بَلَهَ بَني لُحَيِّ

وَأَلحى الناسَ بَلَهَ بَني لُحَيِّ

I am wary of my world, and fear myself,

I am wary of my world and fear myself

and I reproach people, not to mention the sons of Luhayy.

And people find me confused like the son of Luhey

وَهُم لي مِثلُ ما كانَت قَديماً

وَهُم لي مِثلُ ما كانَت قَديماً

لِقَيسِ بنِ الخَطيمِ بَنو دُحَيِّ

لِقَيسِ بنِ الخَطيمِ بَنو دُحَيِّ

And they are to me as once were

And they are to me as they were long ago

the sons of Duhayy to Qays ibn al-Khatim.

To Qais Bin Al Khatim, the clan of Duhey